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Posted by Clear Admit on May 23, 2012, at 11:00 am
Posted in:  General , GMAT News In celebration of the upcoming MBA admissions cycle, we are giving away a Kaplan GMAT Classroom® Anywhere course. If you have yet to take the GMAT or plan to retake the test at the end of the summer, this is the perfect opportunity to save some serious cash.
Kaplan’s GMAT Classroom® Anywhere course (a $749 value) is held in a virtual classroom, featuring a live video feed to an instructor and teaching assistants. During online class meetings, students can ask questions and interact with their instructor and fellow students using the chat, polling and screen-sharing functions. This nine-session course includes access to more than 6000 practice problems and nine CAT exams. In all, students can take advantage of over 180 hours of practice and instruction. Visit Kaplan’s official site to learn more about the GMAT Classroom® Anywhere course and Kaplan’s other GMAT test preparation offerings.
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We will review the testimonials and pick a winner on Friday, June 8.
Good luck to all entrants!
Terms: Winner must agree to be interviewed twice by a member of Clear Admit’s reporting staff about his/her experience in the Kaplan course. An independent review of the course based on the interviews will be posted on the Clear Admit blog at the end of the course.
Posted by Clear Admit on May 24, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: MIT / Sloan , School: Penn / Wharton , Uncategorized The economic crisis of four years ago has had an unexpected if delayed positive impact on recruiting at several top business schools, according to a report this week in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). In a bid to secure jobs for their graduates when large corporations halted recruiting, career services at top schools began reaching out to small firms for the first time. Now, even as larger firms return to former recruiting levels, lots of smaller companies are on campuses to stay as well.
“The downturn really forced the field of [business-school recruiters] to diversify,” Nicole Hall, president of the MBA Career Services Council, an association of business-school career offices, told the WSJ. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 24, 2012, at 9:04 am
Posted in: Deadlines , School: Columbia The Columbia Business School (CBS) 2012-2013 deadlines have been announced! This year’s deadlines are below:
August 2013 Entry
Early Decision Deadline: October 3, 2012
Merit Fellowships Consideration Deadline: January 10, 2013
Regular Decision Deadline: April 15, 2013
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 24, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Campus Chronicles , School: Chicago Greetings, readers! We’d like to welcome you to this week’s Campus Chronicles, where Clear Admit highlights the main events on b-school campuses across the country. The ChiBus takes us out to the Midwest this week, and read on for some insights into the lives of MBA students at Chicago Booth.
Four Booth alumni were honored in the third annual Alumni Angel Awards, or A3. Announced in April at the Worldwide Booth Night, this year’s winners are Hoke Horne ’97 of Juniper Networks; Roberto Ippolito ’03 of GE Capital, Milan; Karl Muth ’10, an emerging market consulting economist in Uganda; and Ken Kelly ’98 from DaVita Rx. Students and the Office of Alumni Affairs determine the winner of each of four award categories: Professional Guidance and Mentorship, Student Group Involvement, Opportunity Creation and International Initiative. Current students contributed more than 100 nominations for these four spots in the 2011-2012 academic year.
After his 2012 graduation, MBA Alex Lintott is biking across America to raise awareness for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The former facilitator of a LEAD program will spend a month cycling from coast to coast, some 4,000 miles, to draw attention to issues facing veterans and raise money for Team Red, White, and Blue » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 23, 2012, at 8:00 pm
Posted in: GMAT Tips Today’s GMAT tip comes from test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, they provide helpful tips for answering multi-source reasoning questions on the new version of the GMAT. Read on to see what they have to say!
We haven’t tried one of these yet: multi-source reasoning. These questions will consist of 2 or 3 tabs of information with accompanying questions. MSRs tend to have 2 or 3 associated questions, though it’s possible to have just 1 or more than 3. The one we’re going to try has been released as a sample question on the mba.com website and contains just one accompanying question.
Try the problem
Let’s try out the question: here it is. Just in case that link changes, you can also click on this link to go to the next-gen GMAT website, and then, toward the bottom of the page, click on the “Multi-Source Reasoning” link. We’re going to try the very first problem (with the text beginning “Yesterday was the deadline…”).
Note: when you are done, do NOT click the “next” button. Just leave it up on the screen and come back here. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 23, 2012, at 4:51 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , School: UNC / Kenan Flagler UNC / Kenan-Flagler’s deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions season are now available online! The four rounds of deadlines are as follows:
Early Action Round
Deadline: October 19, 2012
Notification: December 10, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: December 7, 2012
Notification: February 4, 2013
Round 3
Deadline: January 11, 2013
Notification: March 18, 2013 » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 23, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Yale A retired Army general and West Point leadership expert will help reintroduce the Yale School of Management (SOM)’s Leadership Development Program (LDP), the New Haven business school announced this week.
Brigadier General (Retired) Thomas A. Kolditz, a widely regarded expert in leadership, will take the helm of SOM’s new LDP beginning July 1, 2012. Kolditz, who has held a distinguished career in the U.S. Army, served most recently as professor and head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was also founding director of the West Point Leadership Center and has led global teams and consulted with organizations such as General Electric and AARP. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 23, 2012, at 3:00 am
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 22, 2012, at 3:40 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , Essay Topics , School: Harvard The 2012-2013 Harvard Business School (HBS) deadlines and essay topics have been announced for the Class of 2015!
The 2012-2013 HBS deadlines are as follows:
Round 1
Deadline: September 24, 2012
Notification: December 12, 2012
Round 2
Deadline: January 7, 2013
Notification: March 27, 2013
Round 3
Deadline: April 8, 2013
Notification: May 15, 2013
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 22, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: MBA News , School: Northwestern / Kellogg Two MBA students won $80,000 for a plan to bring healthy food to low-income communities as part of a new social entrepreneurship competition, the Kellogg School of Management announced this week.
Saloni Doshi ’12 and Chelsea Katz ’12 won the inaugural Kellogg Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Carol and Larry Levy Social Entrepreneurship Center, funds that will enable them to launch Fresh Takes Kitchen, a service they came up with to provide low-income families with wholesome food while also teaching them about nutrition. In addition to the award money, the students will also receive continuing support through the Levy Lab. In return, Doshi and Katz commit to working full time on the venture after graduation and sharing their progress and insights. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 22, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: School Guides , School: London Business School , Trivia Tuesday
Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, where we highlight the specific offerings that help differentiate the leading MBA programs from each other. Today we’re taking a look inside the Clear Admit Guide to London Business School to share with you an excerpt about the school’s accelerated MBA options:
“Unlike most leading MBA programs, London Business School offers students considerable flexibility to tailor the duration of the MBA program to fit their needs. While the school has only one intake in late August of each year, students can choose whether to complete the program by November of the following year, or by February or May of the next, following the 15-month, 18-month or 21-month tracks, respectively. The two condensed timelines can be achieved by taking the minimum of nine electives and scheduling as many of them as possible during the first year. Waiving required courses in the first year can also expedite completion of the MBA. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 21, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: Deadlines , MBA News 
Proctor and Gamble (P&G), a giant in the consumer packaged goods industry, is currently accepting applications to its P&G Marketing MBA Summer Camp, a unique opportunity for students scheduled to enter business school next fall to get a crash course in marketing and an intimate introduction to P&G before even setting foot on their MBA campus.
The six-day, all-expenses paid camp provides an in-depth introduction to P&G Marketing for high-potential students from a range of backgrounds headed toward top-tier MBA programs. The week is filled with activities designed to teach participants all about P&G’s Corporate Strategies and Brand Building and how those brands and products touch the lives of consumers not only in the United States but around the world.
Mike Droessler, a summer 2009 alum of the P&G camp, learned about it from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, where he was scheduled to enroll that fall. He completed what was a pretty rigorous application process, including submitting an application and resume, taking both a logic test and an ethics test, and participating in multiple interviews. “It’s really competitive to get in,” he says. “On average they have about 550 applicants for 40 or so spots.” But it’s well worth the effort up front, Droessler says. “It’s a pretty amazing experience at a huge expense to P&G that they see is well worth it.”
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Posted by Clear Admit on May 21, 2012, at 3:00 am
Posted in: Admissions Tips In keeping with the recent Admissions Tips we have posted for the new crop of applicants to the Class of 2015, today we want to offer some tips on engaging the community of one’s target programs. Communicating with b-school insiders can be beneficial for a number of reasons: In addition to learning about a given school and your potential fit, you’ll also generate material for your essays, demonstrate your interest in the program, and perhaps even make an ally or two. In your efforts to go beyond the schools’ websites and promotional materials, we recommend reaching out to individuals in a few key groups:
Current Students – People who are currently enrolled in a given program can obviously provide the clearest picture of the present state of the school community. They are often more capable of evoking their school’s overall culture than brochures put out by the admissions offices and can describe to prospective students the ins and outs of academic and extracurricular options. In addition to reaching out to friends and acquaintances who are studying at a given school, it’s also wise to get in touch with the leaders of clubs and programs in which you are interested (their contact information is generally available through the website). This will help you to understand the impact you could make while on campus and provide a sounding board for the ideas you plan to share with a certain student group or organization.
Alumni – While students offer a great view of the program itself, a school’s alumni can often provide the best perspective on just how far an MBA from a given program can get you in a certain field. » Continue reading
Posted by Clear Admit on May 18, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: GMAT News , MBA News The New York Times (NYT) this week discussed the new Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), how it differs from the previous test, what motivated some of the changes, how it compares to the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and what steps test administrators are taking to prevent cheating and fraud.
Beginning in June, the GMAT will feature four parts instead of the traditional three. In addition to sections testing verbal skills, math skills and analytic writing ability, the next generation exam will also feature a section devoted to testing integrated reasoning. This new section, which will challenge test-takers to understand and synthesize data from multiple sources as means of predicting probable outcomes, was added in part to help safeguard against cheating, according to the NYT article. » Continue reading
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